Zicatela surf break

Zicatela surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 CST
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Zicatela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zicatela sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zicatela today?

The current surf forecast for Zicatela at 10PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

Table - waves today at Zicatela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151515141414141414141313181817171316161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)962827796736822811697697557549534519421408312307307293307312326636730406
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:34PM
1.03
1:52AM
0.78
2:29PM
1.13
2:47AM
0.79
3:22PM
1.21
3:40AM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
0.22
7:48AM
0.15
9:06PM
0.16
8:41AM
0.08
9:58PM
0.10
9:34AM
0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:11-------6:11-------6:11-
Sunset-6:43-------6:43-------6:43------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C312928272726293130292827262628303029282727262830
Feels °C (?)323130292928313231313130282931323132323031303132
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